Well-Known Member

Mid table for us I think, one of those seasons where you dont really have a chance of the playoffs but you kid yourselves into thinking you do for just a bit too long.

If Accrington keep their team together I think they could do well, or at least better than a lot might expect of them. They just seem to have something about them, that I cant really put my finger on, but they are a well oiled machine.

Well-Known Member

Sunderland will walk it by a country mile, I fear for Wycombe though with the average age of their squad. Accy should just have enough about them to survive, if anything being hard to beat has got them to this league.

Well-Known Member

I'd be surprised if we were in a relegation or promotion battle with the current side. We lost our way against a lot of organised teams last season and couldn't break them down and I'd expect a lot more opposition organisation this season......so mid to upper mid would be my guess - unless we buy /sell awfully or well.

I have a feeling Sunderland may be in for a culture shock and may not be so automatic as some think

Well-Known Member

I reckon Sunderland will walk this league. Especially if they have new owners. I can’t see how anyone wouldn’t put them as massive favourites unless they’re trying to be different.

Rotherham, Scunny will be strong whoever doesn’t go up, Barnsley too, Charlton and Pompey also up there. Then teams like us, Plymouth, Oxford who might be interested if they get their acts together, looking unlikely in our case though. Shrewsbury if they don’t go up I expect it will depend how badly their squad and management team gets gutted. Can’t say I’m looking at any of the teams coming up and thinking they will challenge really.

Member

There will always be teams like Bury and Northampton that appear to have splashed the cash and other teams like MK who appear to be too big to be relegated from this league, plus teams like us and Shrewsbury that are favourites to be relegated due to our shopping in the Poundland market.

It never works out that way which makes speculation at this stage a complete lottery.

Active Member

We'll struggle next season in L1 if we don't go up (and will struggle hugely in the Champ if we do go up!) . We'll definitely lose the manager in the summer plus the majority of our best players, and because of the play-off final will be starting from scratch, and several weeks behind all the other clubs.

Lenging Man Down

If we don't go up I could see us being in for a long old season next year. Our chairman cut the budget for this year and is going to cut it again for next year. We already got rid of our two highest earners in January and I assume would look to ship some more out come the end of the season. Two of our best players (Hakeeb Adelakun and Duane Holmes) have contracts running out and not a chance they will sign if we don't go up.

We have relied on two fantastic loans (Toney and Yates) to get us to the play-offs this time and will have to do the same next year I would assume.

Member

We have had a massive shift in the feeling surrounding the club recently so if we appoint the right manager we should really be looking at automatic promotion with probably Barnsley.

I am already braced for something to go catastrophically wrong however and after a poor start to be wishing for the welcome release of mid-table mediocrity, after salvaging an away point at Wycombe Wanderers.

Active Member

We have had a massive shift in the feeling surrounding the club recently so if we appoint the right manager we should really be looking at automatic promotion with probably Barnsley.

I am already braced for something to go catastrophically wrong however and after a poor start to be wishing for the welcome release of mid-table mediocrity, after salvaging an away point at Wycombe Wanderers.